China has many users of
tobacco.
中国有很多烟民。
We need a total
tobacco ban for a healthy and green society.
为了建立一个健康和绿色的社会，我们需要全面禁止烟草。
She gave a roll of
tobacco to her father.
她递给了她父亲一卷烟草。
WS-23 is a well-known synthetic cooling agent widely used in food, medicine and tobacco.
"All of this would be a dream in heaven for me two years back," said Xia, a mother of three who used to support the family through tobacco farming.
In the past, my family lived on tobacco farming and the workload was heavy, and I had to work in the fields as well, even during my pregnancy, because all the trivial things related to the family were on my shoulders," Xia said.
André Calantzopoulos, CEO of Launsanne-based PMI, said since tobacco control strategies in most countries focus on supply and demand measures intended to prevent initiation, reduce consumption and encourage cessation, they have resulted in a decline in smoking prevalence over the last three decades, but are unlikely to eliminate smoking altogether.
Despite health warnings, campaigns to quit smoking and increasing tobacco control measures, this number will not significantly decrease in the coming years.
When asked how PMI cooperates with Chinese tobacco companies on these initiatives, the company said it welcomes any science and evidence-based innovation that has the potential to offer adult smokers who don't quit a better option.
RELX Technology, China's leading e-cigarette brand with more than 60 percent market share, announced the launch of Project Sunflower, the first of-of-its-kind project that prevents minors from buying tobacco products sold in retail stores.
The project is part of the company's ongoing efforts to prevent minors from obtaining and using tobacco products.
The new regulations may ban all e-cigarette products except those that taste like tobacco and menthol, a revision of an initial plan to remove all flavored vaping products from the market.
That avoided the toxins created by burning tobacco and the paper wrapping in cigarettes.
The cause of the injuries and deaths isn't known, but the CDC said both appear to be related to THC-infused products and not tobacco or flavored vaping products.
Chu Shijian, China's "tobacco king" and the founder of Chu Orange, passed away at the age of 91 on Tuesday, but Chu's perseverance and endurance through difficult times still impressed people the most.
Born in Yuxi, Southwest China's Yunnan province, in 1928, Chu became director of the near-bankrupt Yuxi Tobacco Co at the age of 51.
Zheng said that it was this spirit that enabled Chu to turn a near-bankrupt tobacco company into one of the most popular cigarette brands in Asia, and set up a modern agricultural enterprise in his old age.
"Chu was a household name in Yunnan, especially for those who lived through the 1980s - during which Chu transformed Yunnan's tobacco industry with his progressive ideas, said Yang Xiaoxue, an environmental engineer in Yunnan's Daili Bai autonomous prefecture and a deputy to the 13th National People's Congress.
Chu was head of the near-bankrupt Yuxi Tobacco Company at the age of 51.
Under his leadership, the company became China's most profitable State-owned tobacco company during the 1980s and 1990s, and operated as the Hongta Tobacco Group.
Wang explained that the government of Yunnan wants to upgrade the province's economy from a reliance on tobacco and mining, into a new model based on being a logistics and transportation hub, creating ecological industries and services, and on becoming a center for healthcare and healthy living.
We worked around the clock to monitor leaves on a tobacco plantation in East Java province," said Tori, whose wife stood at his side at the Julong Group's plantation.
The company officially unveiled eight liquor and tobacco duty-free stores spanning 3,400 square meters at Hong Kong International Airport on Thursday, in a joint venture with French travel retailer Lagardere Services under a new brand of Duty Zero by CDF.
It edged out luxury conglomerate LVMH's DFS Group and South Korea's Lotte Group to win the bid to run the airport's duty-free liquor and tobacco concession zone in November last year, following the expiration of the airport's operational contract with DFS.
The newly launched duty-free liquor and tobacco concession zone boasts the widest selection of single-malt whiskies across airports in the Asia-Pacific region.
It also offers the world's most comprehensive product mix of Chinese liquor and tobacco, as well as the world's first shop-in-shop offering Asian liquor.
Electronic smoking devices present new opportunitiesLondon-based British American Tobacco has invested an undisclosed amount in China Materialia, a Shanghai-based venture capital fund which will help the cigarette company develop smoking alternatives that do not burn tobacco.
British American Tobacco, which is also known as BAT, is the second-largest tobacco company in the world and owns popular cigarette brands including Dunhill, Lucky Strike and Pall Mall.
As the damaging effects of cigarette smoke have become widely accepted, several cigarette companies and dozens of technology firms have developed new devices, including electronic cigarettes, known as e-cigarettes, and vape kits, that deliver nicotine without burning tobacco.
Barriers to growth for the e-cigarette industry in China include the relative cost of products when compared to tobacco, and lack of availability of products in bricks-and-mortar stores.
The Royal Albert Dock opened in the late 19th century and quickly became one of the capital’s busiest trading ports, receiving such shipments as tobacco from the United States and meat and fresh produce from mainland Europe.
Such a vision comes as China Duty Free Group edged out luxury conglomerate LVMH's DFS Group and South Korea's Lotte Group to win the bid to operate all liquor and tobacco duty-free stores at Hong Kong International Airport.
He Yu, Party secretary of the Qianxinan subsidiary of SPIC Guizhou Jinyuan Co Ltd, the operator of the agrivoltaic demonstration project, said the new energy company has — through cooperation with local agricultural firms — adapted to local conditions and cultivated economic crops such as taros, pumpkins, chilis, prickly pears, tobacco, Chinese cabbages and Chinese toon under the solar panels.
"Retail sales in October were particularly strong, beating even our above-consensus estimates, given sharp increases in holiday-related spending components, including catering, tobacco and alcohol, sports and entertainment, and communication equipment," said Louise Loo, lead economist at British think tank Oxford Economics.
As a country guest of honor, Honduras will display featured products such as tobacco, shrimp, coffee and cocoa at this year's CIIE.
Currently, main exports of Honduras include coffee, bananas, palm oil, shrimp, sugar and tobacco among others.
Sales of gold, silver and jewelry rose nearly 23 percent year-on-year; consumer spending on clothing climbed 18-plus percent and cosmetics by 16.5 percent; tobacco and alcohol sales rose by over 15 percent year-on-year; and sales of home appliances expanded by nearly 14 percent, the ministry said.
Sales of gold, silver and jewelry, clothing, cosmetics, tobacco and alcohol surged by 22.8 percent, 18.4 percent, 16.5 percent and 15.1 percent year-on-year respectively, and sales of communication equipment rose by 20.1 percent.
"My great-grandfather made a fortune by engaging in the tobacco and alcohol trade in Vietnam.
A total of 755 exhibitions in the light industry took place last year, said the report, adding that these exhibitions in sectors including food, beverage, tobacco and alcohol, furniture, woodworking machinery, and building materials ranked first in terms of the number and the area.
Thanks to the warming market, producers of alcoholic drinks, tea, and tobacco posted rapid growth in profits in 2022.
Consumption of food, tobacco, alcohol, daily necessities and services will be further boosted as more people will return home to visit their relatives and friends during the Spring Festival, the most important festival for Chinese people, similar to Christmas for the Westerners.
In 2021, China's per capita expenditure on food, tobacco, and alcohol was 7,178 yuan, an increase of 80.2 percent over 2012, or 6.8 percent on an average annual basis.
The proportion of food, tobacco, and alcohol expenditure in consumption expenditure (Engel's coefficient) dropped from 33 percent in 2012 to 29.8 percent in 2021, down 3.2 percentage points.
For instance, because of their bulky weight or short shelf lives, products like leaf tobacco and paper products only have export advantages vis-a-vis neighboring RCEP countries.
If viewed from a consumption structure, among the eight major categories of consumer spending, the consumption of daily necessities, such as clothing, housing, food, tobacco and alcohol, in 2021 has basically returned to the trendline level shown before the COVID-19 outbreak.
Tobacco and alcohol, housing, transportation and communications ranked as the top three consumption categories, accounting for 29.8 percent, 23.3 percent and 12.9 percent, respectively.
"He started a company in Beijing in 1986 and now has patent rights on at least 10 inventions, including laser anti-counterfeiting labels for tobacco products and laser surgery equipment for treating myopia.
For example, the sales of tobacco companies may be affected by a municipal ban on indoor smoking.
Africa mainly exports aquatic products, honey, sesame, peanuts, tobacco, wool, cotton, soybeans, coffee and fruit to China.
Currently in China, tobacco products like cigarettes, cut tobacco and cigars have been included in consumption tax levies.
A report from Minsheng Securities also noted that it is a global trend to levy consumption taxes on new tobacco products.
Retail sales of beverages rose 10.4 percent, while those of tobacco and alcohol increased by 7.8 percent.
Retail sales of beverages rose 11.8 percent, as did those of tobacco and alcohol.
A national electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) trading management platform will be launched on June 15, according to China's State Tobacco Monopoly Administration.
Last month, the State Tobacco Monopoly Administration issued a regulation that aims to strengthen supervision on e-cigarettes.
In the January-February period, retail sales of grain, oil and food hit 310.26 billion yuan ($48.85 billion), up 7.9 percent year on year, while those of beverages and tobacco and alcohol rose 11.4 percent and 13.6 percent, respectively.
China's State Tobacco Monopoly Administration has issued a regulation that aims to strengthen supervision on electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes).
In recent years, due to regulatory gaps, the e-cigarette industry has seen disorderly development, with some products reporting problems such as unclear nicotine content, unknown additives and tobacco tar leakage, the document said.
Retail sales of grain, oil and food topped 1.68 trillion yuan ($263.9 billion), up 10.8 percent year-on-year, while those of beverage and alcohol and tobacco surged 20.4 percent and 21.2 percent, respectively.
Retail sales in the beverage sector surged 27.9 percent year on year to 158.71 billion yuan, while sales in the tobacco and alcohol sector registered a 29.6 percent yearly increase to 258.81 billion yuan, MIIT data showed.
Retail sales in the beverage sector surged 29.2 percent year-on-year to 107.35 billion yuan, while sales in the tobacco and alcohol sector registered a 35.4 percent yearly increase to 187.72 billion yuan, MIIT data showed.
The food sector's first-quarter profit was more than half of that of the entire "light industry", which also includes textiles, tobacco processing and paper manufacturing.
Retail sales in the beverage sector surged 36.9 percent year-on-year to 43.87 billion yuan, while sales in the tobacco and alcohol sector registered a 43.9 percent yearly increase to 86.09 billion yuan, MIIT data showed.
Tobacco, liquors, automobiles, products related to endangered animals and plants, as well as goods prohibited by China will not receive tax cuts.
Sales of alcohol and tobacco stood at 172.61 billion yuan during the period, down 3.1 percent year-on-year.
Sales of alcohol and tobacco stood at 172.61 billion yuan during the period, down 3.1 percent year on year.
Liao Wenke, vice-chairman of the Chinese Association on Tobacco Control, told National Business Daily that many producers use stylish designs, various flavors or invite celebrities as brand-endorsers to attract young consumers.
Price of e-cigarettes is often higher than traditional tobacco.
A tobacco stem with four cartridges of Relx costs 450 yuan on Chinese e-commerce platform JD.
In July, the retail sales value of tobacco and liquor products increased by 10.9 percent over June, according to data from the Ministry of Commerce.
In partnership with the Kenya Wildlife Service, the China Communications Construction Company screened construction equipment of the rail to prevent the spread of invasive species such as Nicotiana glauca wild tobacco seeds, which can attach to road construction machinery.
"I joined Walmart in 2003, and was in charge of tobacco and alcohol sales, customer services and also took up several other positions.
This field has produced specialist firms that boast expertise in packaging a range of products - cosmetics, fragrances, tobacco, confectionery, premium alcoholic drinks, gourmet food and drinks, watches, and jewellery - to a nicety.
As a business segment, specialty packaging has spawned a few iconic firms, and is fast evolving into an exacting science, boosting sales of luxury goods - cosmetics, fragrances, confectionery, gourmet food and drinks, watches, jewellery, premium alcoholic drinks, tobacco - in China.
The old man often dresses as a local shepherd - with a white towel wrapped around his head and a long-stemmed tobacco pipe pinned on a short goatskin coat.
The mountainous province is one of China's most impoverished areas, with electricity, coal, tobacco and liquor production as its major industries.
It can also reform the excise tax and expand excise tax targets from tobacco, alcohol and automobiles to highly-polluting, intensive energy-consuming, or high-end service industries, such as high-end clubs and hotels, to move tax targets from the production side to the consumption side, and gradually decentralize tax power in regard to local areas and enrich local taxes.
The 10 kinds of property and behavior taxes include urban and township land-use tax, real-estate tax, vehicle and vessel tax, stamp tax, farmland-occupation tax, resource tax, land-appreciation tax, deed tax, environmental-protection tax and tobacco tax.
China Tobacco, State-owned investment firm Guosheng Group, China Life Insurance, People's Insurance Company of China, Minsheng Royal Asset Management and Shanghai ICY Capital are also among the investors.
In April, China CITIC Bank teamed up with China Shuangwei Investment Corporation, a subsidiary of China National Tobacco Corporation, and completed acquisition of a 60 percent stake in Altyn Bank.
The disciplinary authorities will continue to resolutely fight corruption related to finance, State-owned enterprises, energy, tobacco, health and infrastructure projects, it said.
Wang Gongcheng was named deputy head of the State Tobacco Monopoly Administration.
Zhang Jianping, head of the Center for Regional Economic Cooperation at the Chinese Academy of International Trade and Economic Cooperation, said the economic growth of Honduras is primarily driven by its agricultural sector, highlighted by exports of farm produce such as coffee, banana, palm oil, cultivated shrimp, sugar and tobacco.
Duan Tieli was removed from the post of deputy director of the State Tobacco Monopoly Administration.